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From YouTube: APRIL 13 2021 Statements Megan Dykeman
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
langley
east.
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
I'm
pleased
to
rise
in
the
house
to
celebrate
creative
creative
industries
week
in
bc.
Yesterday
was
bc
book
day,
I'd
like
to
recognize
inspiring
authors
in
my
area
like
mark
forsyth,
author
historian
and
former
radio
host
and
quantland
storyteller
poet
and
playwright
joseph
dandurand.
A
I'd
also
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
highlight
when
we
are
kind,
a
special
children's
book
with
a
message
created
here
in
our
province
when
we
are
kind
celebrate
simple
acts
of
everyday
kindness.
It's
written
by
monique,
gray
smith,
an
indigenous
author
who
lives
here
in
victoria
now
monique
herself
will
tell
you
that
she
wrote
this
book
before
covent
19,
but
with
this
pandemic
we
need
to
be
kind
to
each
other
is
certainly
a
message
that
resonates
with
us
all.
A
I'm
especially
pleased
to
say
that
this
book
was
illustrated
by
a
nicole
needhardt
nicole,
was
an
indigenous
youth
intern
with
the
bc
arts
council
in
2015-16
and
helped
distribute
grants
to
artists.
She
is
also
a
talented
artist
herself.
It's
encouraging
to
see
emerging
illustrators
like
nicole,
find
success
in
their
passion
and
be
able
to
share
their
talent
with
the
world
when
we
are
kind
is
published
by
orca
books.
A
Also
here
in
victoria
and
before
I
close
I'll
mention
one
other
bc
publisher,
making
headlines
right
now,
joshua
whitehead's
johnny
appleseed
won
cbc
canada's
read
contest
last
month,
but
you
may
not
know
that
this
book
is
published
by
arsenal
pulp
press
a
vancouver
book
publisher
with
over
400
titles.
Our
government
is
proud
to
support
orca
books
and
arsenal
pulp
press
through
the
bc
arts
council
and
to
support
indigenous
voices
stories
and
talents
like
those
of
joshua
monique
and
nicole.